The whole natural hair “curl definition” thing..
jumpstart-therevolution:
:sighs:
You come across these videos on youtube where these women are going to GREAT lengths to get the whole silky look with their natural hair.
I was watching a video where a chick did rope twists. Look it up.
But I swear it was the longest fucking process and all it ended up looking like was a regular ass twist out. The only real difference was that the end result made the hair look more “defined”. It was crazy. She took all that time to put all those twists in her head to have more curl definition.
When will there be a natural hair movement where we appreciate our natural hair texture for what it is instead of trying to make it into something it’s NOT and was NEVER mean’t to be?
And yes I know, I’m trying to “police” peoples hair again..
I’m really not, I’m just asking the questions that we should all be asking ourselves.
So our hair is natural now but we have to figure out ways to make our natural hair into something acceptable? We need to go through a bunch of bullshit to make our natural hair look as white as possible!
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, look around us and tell me who has hair like black people? NO DAMN BODY. Nobody has hair like we do and we don’t even appreciate it. They have our minds so fucked up that we actually believe that being different is a bad thing.
Being different is beautiful. When you own your differences It confirms the fact that you live to make yourself happy and are less concerned with the views of other people. Be PROUD of what you were born with.
It’s hard being black. I swear.
word, i agree with some of the points made here. i’ve thought a lot about this over the last year or so. natural girls loving being natural but only if their curl patterns are “defined”. i have a lot of friends who won’t wear their hair out unless it’s been twisted/braided out first. my mother included.
i have absolutely nothing against styling your hair however you want. shoot, that’s what’s great about our hair. the versatility, you know? it’s only when i hear things like “i’m not going out like this. my hair is so nappy!” that i start to cringe.
i’ve stopped preaching, though.
2:45 pm • 16 May 2012 • 93 notes
quartr-til-legacy asked: i came across your blog and just had to follow. :] happy hair journey
thanks!
you have a happy journey as well :)
6:13 pm • 10 May 2012
this is the only picture i have from those few days i had my hair blown out back in march. i was definitely a bit hesitant using heat on my hair considering it’s been a good two years since i’ve touched a blow dryer. so i went to a professional. but i saw hardly any change in my curl pattern once i washed it.
it was nice being able to see the length of my hair without the shrinkage.
i’d do it again.
6:01 pm • 1 May 2012 • 20 notes
how i’ve been wrapping my hair lately.
i figure if i don’t cover it all, the sun can still hit all of my color and what not.
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7:31 pm • 15 April 2012 • 7 notes
just chop it.
last night, some girl friends and i made plans to have somewhat of a natural hair party. two of my friends were transitioning and one of them wanted us to help her co-wash and style her hair. what’s funny is that for the last two days, i’ve been joking around about just cutting all of her relaxer off.
so when all seven of us met up at her home, i was definitely still hinting at a spontaneous big chop. she wasn’t having it, of course. she kept saying how she was afraid her face wouldn’t “look right” with such short hair. pssh. so she goes to wash her hair, and when she finishes we all gather in her bathroom and go on and on about how she might as well just cut off the relaxer. that’s all i needed—the other five girls on my side. we told her how liberating it would be and how we wished we had this much support when we did our big chops.
after a good twenty minutes of encouragement, she agreed. and just five minutes after that, so did my other transitioning friend. we drove to my place to get my scissors and products and then back to my old apartment to actually do the deed.
it was an amazing time. out of the seven, a few of us had only just met and there we were in a crowded bathroom bonding over kinks and curls.
watching all of that relaxed hair and weave fall to the floor and seeing these two girls embrace their natural hair was incredible. no tears, thank god lol. i wish i had pictures!
great, great night.
2:01 pm • 14 April 2012 • 6 notes
i had no idea you could have highlights last for an entire year.
i’m about done with them.
4:46 am • 5 March 2012 • 47 notes
vocab, me, and iya.
i realized a couple of weeks ago that about 95% of my friends are natural or have decided to go natural. it has been a wonderful thing to witness.
8:43 pm • 3 March 2012 • 35 notes
almost two years!
my hair regimen has simplified incredibly within the last six or seven months. the only products i use weekly include: suave almond and shea butter conditioner ($3), argan oil ($4), and shea moisture organic raw shea butter ($10). along with plenty of water, this is about all of the product i bother with any longer.
as for monthly shampoos, deep conditioning, and oil treatments: suave almond and shea butter shampoo ($3), palmers protein pack ($1.50), and a mixture of argan, coconut, and extra virgin olive oil.
so i’ve gone from purchasing every product along the “ethnic hair care” aisle (that sign still kills me), scouring the interwebz for hair tutorials, and well… documenting here, to pretty much letting my ‘fro do its own thing.
sometimes i twist it. sometimes i pick it out. tie scarves around it or pin it up. it’s been dipped and dyed. henna’d, even. though these days, you’ll most likely find me with it all wrapped up (which isn’t that great, i’m aware).
two years, though.
das cool.
6:11 pm • 20 February 2012 • 114 notes
